Work in Progress: Utilizing Change Strategies and Chemical Process Safety Resources to Incorporate Process Safety Education in the Unit Operations Courses in Public and Private Universities

Abstract

earned her PhD in the Chemical Engineering department at Northeastern University in the summer of 2018 and is currently an instructor in the Unit Operations Laboratory at NU. She earned the M.S. degree in 1998 and the B.S. degree in 1993 from Northeastern University. Dr. Carter previously worked in the biotechnology field for CytoTherapeutics, designing medical devices using membrane cell encapsulation. She resides just outside of Boston, MA with husband, son, twin daughters and three cats. She is active in her community and is passionate about safety education.

Work-in-progress: Identifying unit operations laboratory curriculum needs

“…The unit operations laboratory and other similar courses are often key points in the chemical engineering curriculum for teaching practical skills. They provide a unique opportunity for students to get hands-on experience, and as such, this author group has been interested in understanding how best to teach the unit operations laboratory [6].…”

[redacted]: Embedding process safety modules within core CHE courses

“…While beneficial because they are required courses, lab and design course instructors generally have limited time to get in depth, instead focusing on lower order thinking skills [9] such as remembering and understanding. This is one of the major issues with current process safety resources, according to a presentation by Carter et al at the 2019 ASEE National Conference [10]. Additionally, other process safety resources, such as the SAChE Certificate Program, have historically been a large time commitment for students and, while focusing on a lot of different topics, have mostly focused on educating students to Bloom's "understanding" level of thinking rather than encouraging students to integrate or apply the knowledge to higher-level pedagogical activities.…”